Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

Mark Cuban is my guest on Out of the Crisis #2 (transcript below). You may know him as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks or an investor on Shark Tank. In his 20s, he started a systems integrator called MicroSolutions which was eventually sold to Compuserve. After that, he started AudioNet, one of the first audio streaming companies, which was sold to Yahoo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

As an angel investor, I see plenty of startups focusing on building an innovative product, but I’m looking for the few who are also leading with an exponential growth strategy, to put them in the category of the next Amazon or Google. Traditional marketing may be adequate for linear growth, but it likely won’t catapult you to Amazon’s unicorn status , or make waves in the business world.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2020

by Christopher Rosario, associate attorney with McManis Faulkner. Business is inherently risky. It is even riskier if you are the new kid on the block. Big businesses have the means to bully fresh-faced startups into the red—permanently. While some of this bullying may be unlawful, the courts are a common tool used by large corporations to protect their turf.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. These, of course, are not normal times. In the fallout from the pandemic, most founders and CEOs are in the process of completely revamping their growth models from the bottom up amid new and unpredictable consumer behavior.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2020

We all know that with good credit, just about anything is possible. But what happens when your credit is not so good? When your credit score is not up to par, it becomes difficult to obtain even the basic essentials for life. If you have ever lived with bad credit, you already know that finding a home, a job, transportation, or any of the other life essentials is not easy.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2020

With over a billion consumer and business users, augmented reality harnesses the power of the smartphone used by nearly 45% of the world’s population. Michel Ruiz, co-founder and CEO of KaviAR Tech, an augmented reality company headquartered in Paris, shares insights on his startup, how people, brands and companies will benefit from AR, and how it will change the world.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 15, 2020

Energize Colorado , working with Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), has just released business templates that offer best practices, direction, and information on how businesses can restart operations safely and effectively. These templates are based on OEDIT’s recommendations along with input from Kroger who has been a leader in evolving better practices as an essential business.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Life is fragile , and COVID-19 has been a stark reminder. When mortality looks us in the eye, we’ll do almost anything to avoid it. We’ll even lock ourselves away for weeks at a time. Our instincts tell us to do whatever’s required keep on breathing. Brands know this. Some of the worlds most powerful brands have been built around the fear of our humanity – our need for security, safety, love and hope that everything will be ok.

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VC Adventure

MAY 15, 2020

I was at the grocery store the other day and thankfully most people were wearing masks (a big change from a few months ago when I was literally laughed at when I wore a mask to that same story, early on in the crisis). However, walking around, people’s body language really struck me. In our efforts to socially distance, we are going out of our way to stay away from each other.

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Austin Startup

MAY 15, 2020

Changes at Sputnik ATX We’re adding more follow-on funding, and here’s how our interview process and classes will look during the pandemic. Oksana and I had more than just a few meetings in the past few months to discuss how the current pandemic will change investing in early stage companies, and how we can adapt to help companies be safe, and grow through hard times.

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Our Own Start-up

MAY 15, 2020

No matter how many times you fail, if you never stop chasing your dream, you will achieve what you always wanted. I hope this inspirational startup story of Hari Mishra and Ankit Rajput will definitely help you to achieve your startup dream.

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SiliconHills

MAY 15, 2020

Invoiced, a bootstrapped startup based in Austin has struck a partnership with American Express. The deal provides small and mid-sized businesses a 40 percent discount on Invoiced’s accounts receivable software for two years. Customers must sign up for a subscription plan by March 12, 2022. American Express through the partnership is expected to play an […].

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. These, of course, are not normal times. In the fallout from the pandemic, most founders … The post a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2020

Each business has a story. No matter if the business is a Goliath like Wal-Mart, or a local business owned by a couple or family, the business has roots in an idea. For each business owner, the story of their journey can range from monetary needs or the passion for a unique project. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. No matter the tale, the background behind each and every business is what fuels each and brand.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 15, 2020

So, do you want to be the next Gordon Parks or Idara Ekpoh? First and foremost, you must begin practicing daily , especially if you want a career in photography. That said, to have a successful photography business, there are several items you need in your arsenal. Continue reading for a list of essential items to start a photography business. A quality camera and an assortment of lenses.

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